NZ Politics
Under-prepared ICU Beds at 120 per Cent Capacity Day of Lockdown
Andrew Little did not add one single resourced ICU bed to Auckland’s three district health boards in the almost 18 months since the end of the first Covid lockdown last year, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. Ministerial answers show Auckland ICU, the biggest in the country,
Reopening Schools Absolute Priority
The Government should move heaven and earth to make sure schools reopen in Auckland on October 18, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. Auckland students have endured seven weeks out of the classroom, they need to get back to school after the holidays. Unlike other countries, the Government has
Nurturing the Gangs Doesn’t Work
David Seymour ACT Leader The current gang member-driven outbreak of COVID-19 is the logical conclusion of the Government’s tending and nurturing approach. Tending and nurturing is the translation of Operation Tauwhiro that was supposed to take on the gangs. I asked the Prime Minister in Parliament about
Man Confused by Level 3 Steps Goes on a Picnic with His Hairdresser
John Black stuffednz.net ‘I’ve followed all Jacinda’s Covid advice to the letter,’ said Wayne Merino, 38, a moron from Pt Chevalier. ‘But her latest advice about the new level 3 steps had me all confused. I thought it was now compulsory to have a picnic with your
With Apologies to C.S. Lewis
Information Satire Once upon a pandemic, in the desolate locked-down wilderness of Nova Zelanda, the Red Witch Queen and her minions were in total control and enjoying every minute of it. Over many months, the brutal gales of Level 4 had only abated to the icy winds of Level
Just Do What Needs to Be Done, Prime Minister
The National Party is on board to take part in the Super Saturday vaccination drive on October 16th, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. In our own Covid-19 plan ‘Opening Up’ we outline the importance of pulling out all the stops to get as many Kiwis vaccinated as
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The Path We Are Heading Down
Joanna Pennyfeather The last 18 months have given me pause to reflect on how today’s world, in more ways than one, is moving ever closer to the dystopias that were laid out in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, and Ray Bradbury’s
Mask Mandate Is a Barrier to Vaccination
Penn Hackett If you want to get vaccinated you must wear a mask in the vaccination centre. If you cannot wear a mask how do you get vaccinated? The mask mandate has had a big impact on my life. As a small business owner, I have advised my clients I
Ardern Takes a Knee for the Mongrel Mob
The Government continues to defend the indefensible and justifies their Mongrel Mob friendly policies while denying other law-abiding Kiwis the same leeway in crossing their Auckland lockdown borders. At first, we thought there was just Sonny Fatupaito who was granted the exemption on the spurious grounds that he would
We Are No Longer Treated like Adults
KSK I feel sorry for Brian Tamaki, now facing charges for a pre-arranged, pre-sanctioned, peaceful protest, given that everyone has the lawful right to peacefully protest under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act, 1990. I am not a follower of the good Bishop nor a critic. People